Nobody likes paying taxes. Imagine, though, that you’re a city resident paying city taxes for city services and county taxes for county services but exclusively for the benefit of residents of the unincorporated parts of the county. You’d be mad …
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The recovery from Hurricane Irma continues, with more households getting their power restored, all city water customers coming back online and gas becoming readily available. Here’s the latest information on progress back to normality: Utilities As of Friday, Florida Power …
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A Venice couple who evacuated due to Hurricane Irma and hadn’t returned home have been located and are safe, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. Milan Yezic, 89, and Lucille Yezic, 86, were last seen on Saturday, Sept. 9, …
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Ever since childhood, Gigi Hall had a desire to make good food for her mother. Originally from Lynn, Mass., near Boston, Hall grew up a New England seafood lover. “As a kid, we would often vacation at Disney World,” Hall …
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I remember that year — the year where everything we did as a group was the “last” time we did it as a member of the high school. I remember how the time getting to be a senior in high …
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I can use my cellphone to send a text instantly to anyone in the world who has similar technology. I can use an app to see a current weather map. I can log onto a hospital’s website and learn how …
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A reader named Roy sent me an e-mail recently. He had a question — not for himself but for a friend. And, heaven help me, I really believe it was for a friend. Here’s what Roy wrote: “Dear June, I …
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Time waits for no one, as the saying goes. It’s Sarasota Film Festival time yet again, and we hope to see you tonight at the Venice Arts Center from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. for the Venice kick-off reception. If …
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Last week, I wrote about how important it was that the latest edition of the Florida Driver Handbook had added significantly to information pertaining to bicycling rules. In all probability, current licensed motorists or cyclists will not be required to …
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Have you seen the photo of the “real” Trayvon Martin circulating via email? Neither have I, because it’s not him. The photo is of a young black man with tattoos on his face, neck and hands. He’s bearded and nicely …
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My editor, Ron Dupont, relayed a real life event as he shopped at a grocery store this weekend. An older couple was deciding between purchasing an orange or an apple on their limited food budget. Later during their shopping, he …
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You know that we live in a great place when on Feb. 23, the high is forecasted to be 75. More to my point, you know that we live in a great place when we have a turnout of close …
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One of the concerns I had when becoming involved with helping in the preparation of the application for Venice becoming a Bicycle Friendly Community was the limited amount of information concerning cyclist and pedestrian rights covered in the Florida Driver’s …
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